Beware: Don't use a BIS email as your BlackBerry ID

So if you change carrier or device, you won't be able to recover lost passwords. You should send password recovery information to your main account and change the password when you have accessed the account.

I hear that, but I've been with the same carrier for years, and I don't plan to change to a non-BlackBerry device. I save a lot of the emails right on my device, so they're part of my backups. Worst case scenario, if I ever had to leave, I could just change the password recovery emails on all the applicable sites and programs.

In Spain we can access trough the web to our carrier mail. Every carrier has made a specific web for this purpose so I think they should do for you. We can change the password, the mail ending and erase the counts.

All carriers have the BIS Carrier Website, however not all carriers allow access to this site. They require you to use the email setup feature on your BB to setup the @carrier.blackberry.net address. From what I've seen in the past unless you're on BES you have to setup the @blackberry address, because that gives you a profile on the RIM servers. However just as others have stated, I don't give the address out either. I have noticed that certain OTA dl's required the @_*_.blackberry.net address.

I have been driven to distraction and want to throw away my BB!!!
My BBID password is not working and I have requested a reset on line via BB ID, but the password reset email is not delivered.
I have BB email and tonight set up a gmail email on BB Internet with the hope the email would arrive there but NO!!!
Please help is possible, as I currently cannot link APPS to BOLD 9900 or use APPS etc. Spent 3 hours on phone to network and they do not know what to do!!!!!!!!!!! So much for support!!!!